Disease-specific scoring or generic scoring in ICU?

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Heart and Lung Center, Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital and Montpellier School of Medicine, F-34295 Montpellier, France.

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Philippe Gaudard et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;8(7):1414-6.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.52.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Heart and Lung Center, Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital and Montpellier School of Medicine, F-34295 Montpellier, France.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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